But Pimentel-Caban took the witness stand this morning and admitted shooting Derrick Smith. With that, jurors took very little time deliberating before, a little after noon, finding Pimentel-Caban guilty of attempted murder and aggravated assault.

Defense attorney Karen Schular declined to comment after the verdict.

Pimentel-Caban is scheduled to be sentenced May 27. He remains in Lehigh County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail. He also still faces a charge of possession of a firearm related to the shooting, which was to be tried separately.

Prosecutors said Harriet Foote paid Pimentel-Caban
$2,200 to kill her husband, James Foote, in February 1974, the
Virgin Daily News reported. A jury acquitted Harriet Foote in the case following a weeklong
trial, the newspaper reported. Pimentel-Caban pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

In Allentown, police were called about noon
June 17 to the 900 block of Pine Street for a shooting and found Smith
suffering from a gunshot wound to his neck. Smith was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital in
Salisbury Township, underwent emergency surgery and was admitted to the
hospital's intensive care unit, records say.